Realme to launch MediaTek Helio P70-powered phone

Dynamic District

October 26, 2018

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Taiwanese chipset maker MediaTek revealed its new mid-range Helio P70 SoC a few days back. Now, Oppo-backed Realme has already confirmed that it will launch a new smartphone powered by this new chipset very soon.

Realme’s current lineup uses chipsets from both Qualcomm and MediaTek. The Realme 1 is powered by the Helio P60, the Realme 2 & C1 use the Snapdragon 450, while the flagship Realme 2 Pro houses the Snapdragon 660.

The new MediaTek Helio P70 is based on the 12nm FinFET process. It’s an AI-centric SoC that claims to give 10-30 per cent increase in AI tasks and a 13 per cent boost in general tasks when compared to the Helio P60.

Given all the performance enhancements on the Helio P70, it is expected to outperform the Snapdragon 660. Therefore, the new P70-powered Realme phone will likely be more expensive than the Realme 2 Pro.

Currently, Realme’s range in India starts at Rs 6,999 for the C1 and goes all the way up to Rs 17,990 for the 8GB RAM 2 Pro.